Talk and discussion at Scotch Plains Public Library about Facebook: profiles vs. pages vs. groups. Introduced Timeline, privacy settings, FB events and security. We talked about how and why to set a strong password on all social media platforms.

1. Exploring Facebook
A social media talk by Leora Wenger
at Scotch Plains Public Library, May 2012

3. Friends on Facebook
• You can send friend requests
• Friends are mutual – both people must accept
• Comparison: on Twitter and Google+, you can
follow people even if they don’t follow you
• On LinkedIn, you also must mutually accept a
connection
• You can unfriend someone (or just hide
updates if you don’t want to unfriend)

4. Find Friends

5. Is Facebook for the young?
• You must be 13 years of age to open a
Facebook account.
• Many seniors have learned to use Facebook –
it can be a great way to connect with friends
or family members.
• Businesses and organizations use Facebook.
• Facebook had 845 million monthly active
users at the end of December 2011.

6. Facebook and Reunions
• “I would share the family reunion success
stories with them. My father (who's over 70) is
amazing on Facebook. Not only does he keep
in touch with his ‘common’ family, but
researches genealogy with it, internationally!”

7. Facebook and Teens
“I'd advise parents to make sure they befriend
their child or - better I think - make sure the
child befriends his aunts and uncles. It is nice
to have responsible adults who can keep an
eye on the child's activities on FB and also be
there when she/he feels the kid needs it.”
– quote by a teacher

9. Privacy Settings

10. Timeline Privacy Settings

11. How to block games
Privacy Settings -> Blocked People and Apps -> Manage Blocking (see bottom)

12. Privacy and Apps
http://www.wchingya.com/2012/04/protect-privacy-facebook-apps.html

13. My motto about privacy
• “If you don’t want it to appear on the top
headline of the New York Times, don’t paste in
on Facebook.”
• But others disagree, and they work at setting
privacy.
• Problem: 1) easy to mess up privacy settings
2) your friends may not be as private as you.

14. Security

15. Set a Strong Password
• The following guidelines will guard against someone finding out your password and using your account
illegally:
• Make your password as long as possible. The longer it is, the more difficult it will be to attack the
password with a brute-force search. Always use at least 6 characters in your password, at least two of
which are numeric.
• Use as many different characters as possible when forming your password. Use numbers, punctuation
characters and, when possible, mixed upper and lower-case letters. Choosing characters from the largest
possible alphabet will make your password more secure.
• Do not use personal information in your password that someone else is likely to be able to figure out.
Obviously, things like your name, phone number, and address are to be avoided. Even names of
acquaintances and the like should not be used.
• Do not use words, geographical names, or biographical names that are listed in standard dictionaries.
• Never use a password that is the same as your account number.
• Do not use passwords that are easy to spot while you're typing them in. Passwords like 12345, qwerty
(i.e., all keys right next to each other), or nnnnnn should be avoided.
Try This If You're Having Difficulty Selecting a Good Password
If you are having difficulty picking a good password, one good method is to use the first letter of each
word in a phrase you can easily remember. For example, "Alta is my kind of place" would be Aimkop.
Another method is to intentionally use misspelled words, or words with a number or punctuation mark
suffixed. Examples include: braekfast, kite276, and weather. (the period at the end is part of the
password). Also, many hackers use numbers or punctuation instead of letters to do a basic encrypt of text,
as in: h3llo is hello or he!!o is also hello. Don't copy any of these examples, but y0u g3t the d4ift! The
more creative you are the better.
http://wolfram.org/writing/howto/password.html

16. Tagging
• When you are writing a status update and
want to add a friend's name to something you
are posting, include the "@" symbol
beforehand. As you type the name of what
you would like to reference, a drop-down
menu will appear that allows you to choose
from your list of friends and other
connections, including groups, events,
applications and Pages.
https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=218027134882349

17. Timeline for Profiles
• Timeline introduced in 2011, enforced in April 2012
• Add a cover photo: 850px by 315px (If you try a larger image to
put on your cover page, Facebook will give an option to crop that image.)
• Highlight featured posts
• You can adjust your privacy settings so that any posts
before your Timeline was published can be viewed
only by your friends.

18. Add a screenshot of timeline profile here

19. http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

20. Timeline for Pages
• Also take a cover photo (851px by 315px)
• Pages have room for apps – little boxes under
the cover photo.
• You can pin a post to top of page on Timeline
for 7 days. You can also star/highlight a post.
• You can set milestones for your business or
organization.
• You can show other “Liked” pages.

21. Screenshot of pages

23. Pages vs. Groups
• Pages are public; groups are more intimate
• You can set levels of groups to (secret, closed
or public)
• Compare with LinkedIn Groups (Facebook
groups are simpler – maybe be better if all
participants are on FB; LinkedIn Groups are a
way to meet others)

24. https://www.facebook.com/about/groups

25. Screenshot of groups

27. Facebook Events

28. Add Value

29. Facebook Experts
Mari Smith
http://www.marismith.com/
Wong Ching Ya
http://www.wchingya.com/

30. Clickable links
28 Essential Facebook Timeline Resources
http://mashable.com/2012/01/25/facebook-timeline-essential-resources/
Compare Group vs Page
http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/facebook-group-vs-page-
winyswo
Facebook Security Infographic
http://www.scribd.com/facebook/d/70451272-Facebook-Security-Infographic
How to Link Directly to a Particular Facebook Status Update
http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/how-to-link-directly-to-a-particular-
facebook-status-update/